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On Wed, 4 May 2005 22:52:28 -0600, "NightSky 421"
<nightsky421@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>"Bruno" <Bruno@Bergencounty.com> wrote in message
>news:a70i7154f2i9pin1dvhjfm6m66t88vigtq@4ax.com...
>> I used to hear LCDs are easier on eyes. In my case, I
>> switched from an old 17inch CTX CRT, a solid good-quality
>> monitor, to the newest 21.3 inch LCD - Samsung 213T. I set
>> the brightness to 50%. After using it for about 5 or 6
>> hours daily for the last few days, My eyes feel stinging and
>> dry. It could be the effects of my usual spring allergy,
>> but my allergy usually causes itchiness only.
>>
>> If you happen to own Samsung 213T, do you have similar
>> experience?
>
>
>Just relaying my own experience, even though it seems different than
>yours...
>
>I don't know if this will help you since I have not used that model, but
>when I first switched to LCD's not that long ago, there was a bit of a
>transition period that my eyes went through for the first few days of moving
>from a CRT to an LCD. At first, LCD's seemed way too bright for me and I
>found myself turning the brightness and contrast way down in hopes of
>matching the brightness of my CRT's. After trying that for a little bit, it
>seemed to me that my eyes were somewhat strained from trying to match the
>brightness and contrast. I then went in the other direction and made my
>LCD's brighter than I've ever used on a CRT. It did take a little getting
>used to at first, but after that, it's been very good. However, seeing that
>you have your Samsung set to 50% brightness, I would assume it's already way
>brighter than your old CRT. Maybe try lowering it. I guess everyone has
>different eyes.
>
>This might be a bit of a long shot, but I have to wonder if the response
>time of your LCD might be a bit of an issue. The LCD that I'm using on my
>Internet computer here is a 15" model with a 25ms response time and analog
>plug only. Even when scrolling text on the screen, I can see slight
>ghosting. It's not really an issue for me, but it could be for you. My
>other LCD on my main computer is a 16ms 17" model with a DVI connection and
>it's definitely an improvement. That's not to say that my 25ms LCD is bad
>by any means, but I know that large LCD's like what you have are almost
>impossible to get with response times of 25ms (at least to my current
>knowledge).
>
>I wear glasses and have a fairly strong prescription. Without my glasses, I
>suffer from pretty bad astigmatism, along with near-sightedness. Reading a
>monitor or newspaper from more than 10 or 12 inches away from my face is
>practically impossible for me without my glasses.
>
Hi:
ATI Radeon 9800 XT 256MB AGP retail (Cat5.4)
DV-I: Monitor #1 Samsung SyncMaster 213T Black 21.3" TFT
1600x1200 32bit 60Hz (native) Normal size(96 DPI)
VGA: Monitor #2 ViewSonic P225f 22" Aperture Grille CRT
1600x1200 32bit 85Hz Normal size (96 DPI)
I have the Samsung's brightness set at 30 while the ViewSonic's is set
at 76.
I wear glasses and read text on the Samsung for as much as 8-9 hours
straight with no problems.
The Samsung replaced a ViewSonic P817 21" shadow mask CRT. Even though
this was a very high quality CRT, I couldn't read text on it for more
than ~2 hours before I got the burning/dry eyes you mentioned.
My monitor buys from now on will always be TFT until something better
comes along.
Bruno ... I don't know what to say. I'm really pleased with the
Samsung.
In Word2003 for example I read .doc files with the Microsoft Reference
SansSerif font size 10 all day. My eyes aren't bothered.
Change the settings to what I use, change video cards or remember to
blink
Happy trails,